‘Battle of the Kings’ to be unveiled

The Battle of the Kings, the annual interschool island-wide chess tournament organised by the Chess Club of Royal College, Colombo, will be unveiled for the 22nd consecutive time on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, from January 19 to 21 at the College premises. The only international rated interschool team chess tournament organised in Sri Lanka, the Battle of the Kings is an offshoot of the history of Chess in Royal College, which traces its beginnings as a sport to the early 1900s and as a club to the early 1990s. The tournament has, since its inception in 1996, seen the participation of schools from various regions in the country, including not just Colombo but also Kandy, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Galle, and Ambalangoda.